Circles

When I’m hanging out with my family I’m sometimes overcome with feelings of dejavu, only in the current situation my kids are me and I’m my mom. [continue reading at parenting.com]

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And the winners are…

The winners of the This is Me Journal giveaway are a.men from My Life Goes on in Endless song and Rachel from Home Life. Congratulations! Let’s get those kids hooked on journaling.

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Learning

Life is full of learning. Magoo has a lot of learning to do. I’ve provided some crucial nuggets of information for him over at Parenting.com [read more]

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I Fought the Lawn


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Portraits

My friend Susan is an amazing artist who paints portraits on commission. Her work is beautiful and original, the final product being actual art with style, rather than a simple reproduction of an image. If you’ve ever wanted an artistic rendering of your kids and you like her style, check out her site. [...]

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Don’t Hesitate

This summer the time seems to have spiraled out of control. I can’t possibly do all the fun things that are presenting themselves at every turn, let alone the boring lame chore-type things.
Last week we had a really fun visit from Dan’s aunt and uncle and 8 of their kids. They stayed for [...]

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Olympic Peach Canning

Last year after experiencing the domestic bliss that is peach canning and spending several months hacking black crispy somethings off my stovetop, I told Dan I would never do it again. I believe I said something about Hell becoming very chilly or about how I’d rather pass away.
(On a side note about [...]

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Too Young to Blog - Giveaway

***If you’d like to be entered to win a This is Me Journal, leave a comment that lists your favorite beverage. I’ll pick 2 winners randomly Wednesday at 10pm PST.***
Although Laylee’s a frequent indirect contributor to Daring Young Mom, she’s too young to actually blog. However I love hearing what she has to [...]

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It Runs in the Family

Sometimes I think it would be nice to have an evil stepmother around here to not-so-gently guide me away from my chronic procrastination, someone who’d force me to get things done or else face life in the cellar with the rats. [read more at Parenting.com]

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Stick a Forks in It

As we drove along the highway to Port Angeles, I had a few minutes to think about my hideous appearance. My fair, pale, milky complexion stared back at me in the rear view mirror. It’s true I have the face of a goddess but not like one of the REALLY beautiful goddesses. [...]

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